De Gregorio Luca

He was born in Milan in 1964 and studied under Carlo Vidusso, Alberto Mozzati and Paolo Bordoni at the "G.Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, where he graduated with honors at eighteen. He took master classes with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatory where he received the "Perfectionnement" and "Premier Prix de Virtuositè" diplomas in 1989. He also graduated in Composition at the Milan Conservatory under Renato Dionisi and Bruno Zanolini.

At the age of fifteen he won the 2. prize at the Maria Canals Ars Nova International Piano Competition in Barcelona (Spain) and at sixteen made his debut performing the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto n.2 with the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra at Sala Verdi in Milan.
Later he performed for major societies in celebrated European musical centers (Como Autunno Musicale, Midem in Cannes, Ami in Milan, Lyceum in Florence, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Salle Paderevsky in Lausanne, Liszt Hall in Budapest etc.) recording for Radios and Televisions in France (TV5, Radio France), Italy (Rai3), Switzerland (RTSI, RSR, DRS) and USA (Radio Konc).

He has been a guest artist with prestigious orchestras such as Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Angelicum di Milano and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra. With the Maggio Musicale Orchestra he performed at the Teatro La Pergola in Florence at the Maggio Musicale Festival for the Mozart Bicentennial in 1991.
In 1992 he made his debut in the USA at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts in Phoenix (Az) performing the Brahms Piano Concerto n.2 with the Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra where he was invited again during the 1993, 1996 and 2002 musical seasons playing Beethoven, Saint Saëns and Schumann Concertos.
In addition to the solo activity, he is a celebrated chamber musician. He has performed with famous european musicians like Francesco De Angelis, Stefan Schilli, Rex Martin. With the flutists Bruno Grossi and Maxence Larrieu he has recorded, for Iris Suono, a live cd dedicated to the 19th century flute repertoire and with the trumpeter Francesco Tamiati he has recently recorded for Sky Classica Television.

Since 1985 he has been Piano Professor in the Milano, Parma, Pesaro and Alessandria Conservatories. He is presently Piano Professor at the "A.Buzzolla" Conservatory in Adria (I) and teachs "Tecnica dell'accompagnamento e della collaborazione al Pianoforte" at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "G.Puccini" in Gallarate (I).
Since 1993 he is piano accompanist at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano.